National Affairs: Dictatorish

Last week the Philippine legislature closed its session, futilely and
insolently proud of having passed seven bills which Governor General
Leonard Wood vetoed. It had annoyed him, no doubt, but after all his
veto is final in the islands.

However, one wing of his executive power,
the Board of Control, still remained clipped by hostile Filipinos. This
Board is composed of the Governor General, the President of the Senate
(Manuel Quezon), the Speaker of the House (Manuel Roxas). It controls
and selects the directors of all government owned corporations: the
Philippine National...